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Charlie Baker's proposal to do away with the decade-old tax break for movie and TV production in Massachusetts. Citing a recent report from the state Department of Revenue, Secretary of Economic Affairs Jay Ash said for each dollar in tax incentives for the film industry from 2006 to 2012, the state received 13 cents in offsetting revenue.

NEW YORK— In the annals of film festival flops— from unexpected boos to red-carpet gaffes— the premiere of the Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy "Get Hard" will go down as a doozy. After the film premiered last week at the South By Southwest Film Festival, during a Q&A with director Etan Cohen, an audience member voiced not so much a question as a harsh judgment.

ALLAHYAR, Iran— Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to offer the world a literal glimpse of the Prophet Muhammad despite traditional taboos against it. The movie "Muhammad, Messenger of God" already recalls the grandeur— and expense— of a Cecil B. DeMille film, with the narrow alleyways...

LOS ANGELES, March 22- "Insurgent" topped the weekend box office with $54 million, but its opening will likely fall just short of the numbers put up a year ago by the first film in the "Divergent" series. Going into the weekend, Lionsgate had been projecting an opening of between $57 million to $60 million. "Insurgent" cost $110 million to produce, roughly $25 million more...

The second installment in the "Divergent" series easily topped the box office with $54 million from 3,875 theaters, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. Penn's geopolitical thriller stumbled with only $5 million. Many predicted a bit of growth for this second film, which sees the return of stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet to author Veronica...

LOS ANGELES, March 22- "Insurgent" topped the weekend box office with $54 million, but its opening will likely fall just short of the numbers put up a year ago by the first film in the "Divergent" series. Going into the weekend, Lionsgate had been projecting an opening of between $57 million to $60 million. "Insurgent" cost $110 million to produced, roughly $25 million more...